I want to hear about your favorite books that include heists as a major element. Bonus points if it’s set in a fantasy, sci-fi, or non-contemporary setting. (Basically I want something like Gentleman Bastards that’s not just rereading Gentleman Bastards)
Sometimes a heist is just a maltese falcon. But sometimes it’s a heist proper!
A good classic is Neuromancer – might feel a bit anachronistic now, but super fun. I’m personally due for a re-read as it’s been a while.
Against a Dark Background by Iain M Banks. The object of the heist is a bit silly – a somewhat sentient weapon. But it’s quite fun, and quite a novel setting. It’s a fully developed solar system around a star that’s too far from a galaxy to permit interstellar travel. So imagine if all of Star Wars was contained to a single solar system. Or similar.
Might as well plug !printsf@lemmy.ca – this would be a good question there as well.
I need to read Neuromancer. I recently read Consider Phlebas and was…less than wild about it, but it looks like Banks wrote this one a while after that, so I’m willing to give it a shot.